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Date: 10-30-2020
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Court: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Description: Albuquerque, New Mexico abusive sexual contact criminal lawyer represented defendant.
David Joe Melendrez, 56, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was charged with abusive sexual contact.
In the plea agreement, Melendrez acknowledged sexually abusing multiple children, ranging in age from seven to 14, over the course of several years. The abuse took place on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation and all of the victims were members of the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
Upon his release from prison, Melendrez will be subject to 10 years of supervised release.
The FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marisa A. Ong prosecuted the case.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
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